Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/walkás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wolko- of uncertain meaning; compare Proto-Slavic *volkъnò (“fiber”) and perhaps Old English wlōh, wlēh (“fringe”), as well as Lithuanian vil̃kti (“to drag, pull”), particularly if the original meaning was "to pull asunder plant fibers".

Noun

*walkás m

1. bark, leaf

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*walkás	*walkā́	*walkā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*walka	*walkā́	*walkā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*walkám	*walkā́	*walkā́ns
instrumental	*walkā́	*walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*walkā́yš
ablative	*walkā́t	*walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*walkáybʰyas
dative	*walkā́y	*walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*walkáybʰyas
genitive	*walkásya	*walkáyās	*walkā́na(H)m
locative	*walkáy	*walkáyaw	*walkáyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *walkás
  • Sanskrit: वल्क (valká)
• Proto-Iranian: *warkáh
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬐𐬀 (var^əka)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (bāggara)
    • Sogdian: (/⁠warkar⁠/)

      Sogdian script: 𐼴𐽀𐼸𐽀 (wrkr)

      Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫡𐫐𐫡 (wrkr)

      Syriac script: ܘܪܩܪ (wrqr)

  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Shughni: па̄рк (pārk)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: ورک (wark)
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: bel (/⁠bal⁠/), pel (/⁠pal⁠/), belg (/⁠balg⁠/), pelg (/⁠palg⁠/)

      Southern Kurdish: وەڵگ (wellg /⁠wałg⁠/), وەڵنگ (wellnig /⁠wałing⁠/)

    • Medo-Parthian:
      • Caspian:
        • Gilaki: ولگ (vəlg)
        • Mazanderani: ولگ (valg)
      • Zaza-Gorani:
        • Gurani: وەڵگ (wellg /⁠wałg⁠/)
        • Zazaki: velg (/⁠valg⁠/)
      • Parthian: 𐫇𐫡𐫃𐫡 (wrgr /⁠wargar⁠/)
      • Semnani: ولگ (valg)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wlg /⁠walg, warg⁠/)
      • Classical Persian: بلگ (balg)

        Persian: برگ (barg)

        Tajik: барг (barg)

        Hazaragi: بلک (balk)

      • Lurish:

        Northern Luri: بٱلٛگ (bałg)

      • Judeo-Tat: вэлг וַלְג (vəlg)